DNA replication protein also has a role in mitosis, cancer
Monday, May 14, 2012 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have discovered that a protein known as Cdt1, which is required for DNA replication, also plays an important role in a later step of the cell cycle, mitosis. The finding presents a possible explanation for why so many cancers possess not just genomic instability, but also more or less than the usual 46 DNA-containing chromosomes.